How Do You Convert Coal To Energy?
The process by which the energy trapped in coal is converted into energy we can use is nothing new, but requires a great deal of technology. Simply burning coal releases energy in the form of heat, but the use of coal for direct heating is no longer common given the air quality problems burning it creates. The creation of electricity from the burning of coal requires a boiler and dynamo to generate electric energy. This is not a project to try at home, but we’ll explain the basic process. Pulverize the coal and aerate it for optimal burning using the coal pulverizer. Power plants use specialized rotating pulverizers that output coal ready to burn. Feed the coal (via a conveyor belt in large plant operations) into a special coal burner that has a boiler to heat the water to create steam. The burners are contained, high intensity heat sources that are constructed of strongly reinforced metal to withstand the heat pressure. Capture the escaping steam from the boiler and channel it into a
